For a while I have thinking about painting cherries. Following are some of the compositions with cherries that I have painted. Some of the cherries have toppled over the bowls and create movement in the paintings.

Cherries in a Glass Bowl

For the darkest cherries, I used crimson, vermillion and a bit of ultramarine blue. For the brightest parts vermillion was mixed with cadmium yellow and white. For highlights white and lemon yellow were added to the reds.

Cherries in a Blue Bowl

The blue bowl was painted using cobalt blue and later on the flowers were added.

Cherries in a Bone China Bowl

The white bowl was painted by adding lemon yellow to white for the lighted part and bit of crimson and ultramarine to titanium white for the shaded parts.

Cherries on a Plate

The shaded parts in and around the plate give it its shape. This is how the four paintings put together look.

Cherries in a Glass Bowl

Cherries in a Blue Bowl

Cherries in a Bone China Bowl

Cherries on a Plate

You can view my other still life paintings here.

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